By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Tensions between Hamas and ISIS in Gaza continue to heat up For a year Hamas has maintained that there is no ISIS presence in Gaza and then, yesterday, Hamas killed the 27 year old leader of ISIS in Gaza. His name is Younis al Honnor.
Al Honnor was buried in black shrouds emblazoned with ISIS slogans. Banners adorned the street proclaiming his martyrdom and allegiance to ISIS.
According to the Hamas Ministry of the Interior, Hamas forces came to his house and a firefight broke out. The forces came because Honnor was stockpiling illegal weapons.
Honnor was killed in the firefight. He had booby-trapped the house. According to Hamas reports "explosive belts, explosive devices and rifle-propelled grenades were found inside."
The PA in Ramallah said that Hamas was wrong to have murdered Honnor. They said Hamas should have arrested him and tried him. In a statement published by WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency, the Palestinian cabinet said: "Hamas must respect the law and civil rights."
The statement continued: "It must not mess with the souls of people. It must cease abolishing security and order and stop trespassing on the authorities of the government and the judiciary."
Terrible tensions are emerging in Gaza. Hamas, ISIS and several other smaller radical Islamic groups are gunning for each other. In Gaza, that means literally as well as figuratively.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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